Wine, Women & Song

* Caspian *

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0000

Found this awesome live set on NYCTAPER by one of the best postrock bands there are Caspian, go check it out and download it for free! [mr.A]

If you had told me back in 1997, when bands like Mogwai first hit the scene in the U.S., that heavy instrumental post-rock would one day be a somewhat popular genre, I’m not sure I’d have believed you. Sure, some of the credit goes to TV and movie soundtracks, but mainly, this genre’s emergence is the results of relentless touring and high-quality output of its practitioners. Boston’s Caspian, part of what could be called the second wave of the scene, and masters of the style, are a great example. I first saw them deliver their relentless, dynamic show at the relatively tiny Studio at Webster Hall back in 2010. Now, an album and a couple EPs later, they can pack them in at Bowery Ballroom on a freezing Sunday night. For progressive music, progress. ....READ MORE

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☠☠ Black Magic Satori ☠☠

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:30:00 +0000

Or friends from japan got some new stuff "Black Magic Satori " that i think is very interesting, i enjoyed listening to it, so might aswell let you know it's out there....

Japan's premiere psych collective come together again and form Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid. More stoner rock than psych, this collection of tracks emulate Black Sabbath in all the best ways possible. Slow, doomy starts lead to endless jams and stoner drone.

Black Magic Satori by Acid Mothers Temple & Space Paranoid

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— a live collaboration between legendary grindcore outfit NAPALM DEATH and ceramic artist Keith Harrison

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:00:00 +0000

Bustleholme — a live collaboration between legendary grindcore outfit NAPALM DEATH and ceramic artist Keith Harrison — will now take place on Friday, November 29 in the Modernist setting of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The event will be streamed live from 7 p.m. U.K. time via YouTube.

Initially created for the V&A in London (where it was supposed to take place this past March), this groundbreaking project will see the band come together with Harrison to depict and destroy a custom-built installation during a one-off live performance. Expect no limitations imposed upon what will no doubt be one of the most important events of the cultural calendar.

The band will play a special live set through an experimental sculptural sound system constructed by Harrison. Clad with blue and yellow ceramic tiles, the raw, uncompromising energy of NAPALM DEATH's music will activate a set of three specially created ceramic sound systems, which will disintegrate as the performance progresses.

Read More...

Links; Napalm death Keith Harrison

Heady Mental

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 20:30:00 +0000

Heady Mental is the perfect title for the third Mammatus album, for it rests heavily in the moldy caverns of heavy metal history, but doesn’t get too comfortable before revealing its true colors. This is music for flight, music for the sky, and music for the things that lie beyond. These men are searching for the source through sound. Repetitions of themes with variants spread over four separate songs that act as a whole. Heady Mental functions as a soundtrack to the Mammatus Brain: Heavy / Airy, Earth / Sky, Man / Creator, Complete and Grok’d. From; Midheaven Mailorder

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▲∆▲ Ultra High Dimensionality ▲∆▲

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

After 'Sick On My Journey' HAIKAI NO KU is returning with 'Ultra High Dimensionality' a new full lenght, it will see the band return with two sides of new jams, how cool is that!!!!

Beneath is some pre-studio stuff from Soundcloud

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^^ Agostino Arrivabene ^^

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Agostino Arrivabene was born in 1967, lives and works in Gradella di Pandino (CR) Italy. And makes awesome painting, drawings and sketches!

Links; Agostino Arrivabene Agostino Arrivabene @ MyFace

Scarab

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

What’s it sound like? Like largactilled earthmovers aping human metal culture while the cities burn on the horizon. Unlike most Doom, Queen Elephantine transcend all regular description by their simple deployment of highly irregular personnel: bass guitarist, drummer, permanent droning glissando slide guitarist and percussionist. From; Julian Cope

Mastered by the omnipotent Billy Anderson (Melvins, Neurosis, Sleep and so many more), Scarab is Queen Elephantine's 4th album: A work of grandeur which finds the band digging even deeper into delirious and psychedelic threnodies, abysmal doom observances and mild invocations, offering deep, heavy sounds straight from the soul-realm woven through the geometries of the cosmos - A funerary procession danced by a mighty double-trio of two axes, two drumsets, and two insectoid drones. From; Heart & Crossbone

Scarab by Queen Elephantine

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++ Face the Sun ++

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:02:00 +0000

After years of confronting personal struggles and turmoil, the members of The Entrance Band announced their comeback in September with their first album in four years, Face the Sun. According to the band, the album sees them emerge from the “long tunnel of addiction, anxiety, sorrow and sadness,” utilizing their shared struggles as motivation as they “willfully turn toward the light and take in the prism of paradise.” The album officially arrives November 19th via Beyond Beyond is Beyond, and you can preview the band’s long and winding journey with an exclusive stream below. Read More From; Consequence of Sound

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))) HUBARDO (((

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

HUBARDO is the seventh studio album by veteran avant-metal maestros, KAYO DOT. Produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn0))), Master Musicians of Bukkake, etc.), and with a running time of almost 100 minutes, the music follows an epic and heartbreaking narrative of a meteor falling to Earth and its enchantment and alchemical transformation of a lonely poet.

HUBARDO, meaning "lantern" or "lamp" in the magickal language of Enochian, marks the band's tenth anniversary. As such, it features aspects of all the shades of KAYO DOT from the past decade, including some that even hearken back to the band's former identity, the progressive MAUDLIN OF THE WELL, such as the album's opening: a stark and disturbing guest vocal appearance by MOTW screamer Jason Byron - his first recorded appearance since 2001.

From weird metal to beautiful post-rock, from demented ballads to tripped-out 70s fusion, this double-album has it all. With HUBARDO, KAYO DOT have crafted an enormous masterpiece of 21st-century progressive music.

Hubardo by Kayo Dot

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▲∆ The Solar System ▲∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

The Solar System is a Psychedelic/Progressive rock band from Warren, MI composed of singer and guitarist Chris Oliver, bassist Brian Arvo, and drummer Daniel Vought. And they are going to kick or arses with some awesome new stuff... here is what they have to say....

Our new album "Spectrums" comes out on November 30th. We let our musician/music reviewer friends listen to the album. We asked them to share their thoughts on the record and well... Here's what they had to say about it!

Links; The Solar System The Solar System @ BandCamp The Solar System @ MyFace BUY STUFF!!!!

GREAT SONG! by The Solar System

Healing

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Did you guys know that there's a new Weird Owl out? It's the same old Owl, but the sounds are a little different. Anyway if you like there previous work you might wanna hear there new record to, i think it is still a kick-arse record that you not want to miss.

Newcombe sums it up, getting the point across his way: “The message is one of cosmic harmony and simplicity. The perfection of geometry and above all beauty. Sometimes the messenger is a man and sometimes the messenger is an owl.” from; Sunrise Ocean Bender

And as that album's title suggests, some of these songs are downright gentle, like seven-minute centerpiece "Seventh of Seven Sundays," which drifts along on riffs and synths that evoke shadows and smoke. Healing's trippy miasmas are more soothing than stunning, but even if it's less dramatic and bombastic than Weird Owl's earlier music, it reveals them as a more interesting and versatile band. from; ALLMUSIC

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<< ☠ >>

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

"I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me-like food or water." - Ray Charles

☠☠☠ The Heads ☠☠☠

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Here is some unseen footage from the almighty "The Heads" found this on the Rocket Recordings blog and thought you might like it as much as i do. The say overthere "This is the first of a series of unseen footage we are going to be posting over the next few months." so there's going to be more, and thats good, because you can't have enough oof these guys!!!!

Check the video;

Links; The Heads The Heads @ BandCamp Cardinal Fuzz Rocket Recordings

∆∆ Buddyhead Interviews Chris Goss ∆∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:30:00 +0000

Hi there. Check out this killer video interview with Chris Goss from Masters of Reality which was done by FaceCulture on 06/14/2013. Chris speaks about everything from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Brian Jones, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, starting in music, singing, Let It Be Naked, Some Girls, Led Zeppelin, esoteric rock, bad experience recording his first album with Rick Rubin, Sunrise on the Sufferbus, Ginger Baker, Alice In Chains, Welcome to the Western Lodge, Deep in the Hole, the right time for Masters of Reality and more! Killer! Love me some Chris Goss! From; BuddyHead

Links; Masters Of Reality Chris Goss BuddyHead

▲∆‘Concrescence’▲∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

Today i want you guys and gals go listen to the new Gonga they are now a instrumental trio with a awesome new record called ‘Concrescence’, i would love to introduce a new genre called Stonerprog with this album but that would be bullshit.... But when you listen to this great record, i think you understand why my thoughts are going that way. [mr.A]

Go read the review from The Sleeping Shaman;
If ever a band deserves kudos for sheer dogged persistence and durability it has to be Bristol’s own stoner doom veterans Gonga. It has been an astonishing 15 years since the Elgie brethren of George on guitar and Tom on drums started the band and it’s been 10 years since their self titled debut hit the streets. 2008’s ‘Transmigration’ album saw the band moving away from their more Kyuss indebted roots into a darker,

heavier more titanic sound that led them to the precipice of greatness. Then singer Joe Volk left the band. It seems that Joe left something of a large pair of boots to fill. His distinctive, husky vocals were something special and successor Matt Williams seemingly wasn’t able to fill the void lasting only a few months before leaving. Add to that a revolving door of bass players and the band would have been forgiven for throwing in the towel…but they didn’t. Solidifying as a three piece with bassist Latch Manghat they simply gave up on the idea of a singer and decided to go down the instrumental route. Now, here’s a little story. Many years ago I saw Gonga a couple of times and each time Joe Volk had been unable to make it so the band ploughed on and played the sets instrumentally and each time the lack of vocal presence didn’t in any way detract from the band’s sheer power and excellence. When I heard the new album would be all instrumental it seemed to me to just be the natural progression for one of the UK scene’s most vital bands! ...Read More...

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☠☠ Zodiac Sessions ☠☠

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:00:00 +0000

If you like the recent stream of bands that think Ozzy is god, or mr.Plants work in the early 70's rules i godd some good news for you!
San Francisco-based heavy rockers ORCHID will release The Zodiac Sessions on November 15th via Nuclear Blast. Here you go with a review of that new record from someone who is a beter writer then i am;
Written by Nev Brooks from UberRock
Seems to be a very often occurrence lately that albums appear through the door from URHQ that really make me sit up and think “why the hell haven’t I heard these before?” The latest one being ‘Zodiac Sessions’ from San Francisco band Orchid (who formed in 2007), which sits firmly in my list of previously unheard gems that really need exploring a little bit deeper.

So what are the ‘Zodiac Sessions’? Well this LP consists of the band's early works – 2009's ‘Through The Devil's Doorway’ EP as well as the debut full length ‘Capricorn’ (from 2011). For the ‘Zodiac Sessions’, both releases have been completely re-mastered and put on one CD in a lavish digipak featuring an all new cover art, created by the band's singer, Theo Mindell. So the reality, I’ve missed out on this gem of a band for a good few years. What’s even better is finding out there is now a new LP to discover ‘The Mouths Of Madness’ also on Nuclear Blast happy days.....read more...
Links; Orchid Orchid @ Bandcamp Orchid @ MyFace BUY!!!

Capricorn by Orchid

▲∆▲▲∆ !? ▲∆▲▲∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:57:00 +0000

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∆∆∆ BP ∆∆∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:01:00 +0000

This is an exclusive Record Store Day 2013 release and will be available to purchase from us after 20th April 2013 (If stocks allow).

Bardo Pond return with a special release for Record Store Day in the form of a limited edition 12" featuring their explosive interpretations of Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain" and Pharoah Sanders' "The Creator Has a Master Plan". With "Maggot Brain" running to over 21 minutes and "Creator..." at fifteen minutes, these are epic performance pieces, taking the listener through a range of emotions as the band explore their innermost creativity.

As Michael Gibbons from Bardo Pond explains:

"These tracks represent the apex of sublimity for us. They are archetypes for our way of making music. They both offer the listener a mainline to an emotional epiphany that can only be experienced through listening to these very songs. Through seemingly minimal means, gut wrenching tones and glorious repetition, a gateway opens, endorphins are released, illumination is attained. We stand in the light emanating from these Pyramids of Sound. We humbly rolled them up in the Lemur House as a form of pilgrimage. Please partake. Thanks."

Loosely formed in 1989 by guitar wielding art student siblings, Michael and John Gibbons, Bardo Pond became a reality in 1991 with the addition of vocalist and flautist, Isobel Sollenberger, bassist, Clint Takeda and drummer, Joe Culver (replaced in 1999 by trainee librarian, Ed Farnsworth). Bardo Pond are the flagship band of Philly's "Psychedelphia" space rock movement, which also included the likes of Aspera, Asteroid No. 4, the Azusa Plane, and tangentially the Lilys. They favour lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise.
From; Fire Records

Links; Bardo Pond - Rise Above It All Above Google will Help You! Bardo Pond Bardo Pond @ MySpace Fire Records

•••• go wild and freak out ••••

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:36:00 +0000

When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do. [Jimi Hendrix]

# 3 LEAFS - Time Shifts #

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:57:00 +0000

Latest from this SF improv psychedelic space rock collective, 3 LEAFS - Time Shifts. 3 massive delightfully druggy and dreamy, and spacey tunes. A digital only album on their Bandcamp site, go get it people it's another asskicking bunch of songs to trip away.... [mr.A]

Time Shifts (2013) by 3 Leafs

Links; 3 LEAFS - Time Shifts 3 LEAFS 3 LEAFS @ MySpace 3 LEAFS @ Soundcloud

˚˚˚ Hollie Chastain ˚˚˚

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:38:00 +0000

Hollie Chastain is an artist living and working in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After working with various media at an early age she fell in love with collage. As well as various publications you can see her work in galleries and art boutiques both in the US and abroad. From; Hollie Chastain

Links; Hollie Chastain Hollie Chastain @ FaceSpace

...April 4, 2013 285 Kent

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:16:00 +0000

I always liked the tunes of Purling Hiss, and i think they sound even beter when heared live. So, look what i found at NYTaper... [mr.A]

When we broke the news back in November that Purling Hiss had signed to Drag City Records and that their new album would be released in March, it was one of those well-deserved jumps in stature that we love to see for the bands that we’ve championed here on NYCTaper. Now that their new album Water On Mars has been released to universally positive reviews, its also good to see that the band are still the same humble guys we met for the first time several years ago. At 285 on Thursday, the merch table was moved to the DJ table where we record the shows, and so we were by default the band’s unofficial merch guy when they were on stage. But afterwards while breaking down my equipment, it was refreshing to see up close Mike Polizze’s natural and sincere interactions with the long line of fans waiting to buy the album. In these days when the quality of fan relationships are almost as crucial to a band’s success as the quality of the music, its good to know that Purling Hiss is ahead of the game in both respects. The band’s set was almost entirely Mars material played with ferocity and among the many highlights, we’re streaming “Don’t Even Try It”. Purling Hiss will continue to tour the midwest for the next couple of weeks before spending May in Europe. The tour dates are on their Drag City Records artist page.

I recorded this set with the wide diaphragm Neumann TLM 102 microphones mounted on the pole 10 feet from the stage and mixed with a vocal-heavy board feed. The sound quality is excellent, enjoy!
From; nyctaper

Download the Complete show;

Purling Hiss: April 4, 2013 285 Kent

Links; Purling Hiss Purling Hiss @ MySpace Purling Hiss @ Bandcamp

≤ So Fucking Beautiful ≥

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:22:00 +0000

Krautrock, experimental, stoner, psychedelic rock inspired Evel Gazebow got a new record out S.F. Beautiful, and so fucking beautiful it is. And after a few songs the smile on my face is still there, yes people this psychedelica makes me happy. Go listen and dance, nod your head may also work! [mr.A]

Links; Evel Gazebow Evel Gazebow @ MySpace Evel Gazebow @ Soundcloud

∆ Coltsblood ∆

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:46:00 +0000

Found this band 'Coltsblood' a couple of days ago on the mighty Facebook. Someone in Conan called the bassist (who was in Conan) a co-author of one of the songs on Horseback Battle Hammer. Do not know which song and it doesn't matter, I was curious and very pleasantly surprised when I heard the music of ColtsBlood... there is some raw power going on overthere, check it out yourself!!!! [mr.A]

Links; Coltsblood Coltsblood @ FaceSpace

COLTSBLOOD. Featuring John McNulty (wrote the original version of Beheaded whilst in HORN with Jon) and recorded Horseback Battle Hammer with us (provided vocals some of Krull and all of Dying Giant and bass on all 4 tracks). from; Conan Facebook

▲ Bardo New ▲

noreply@blogger.com (mr.A) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:58:00 +0000

Some great news from the Bardo Pond camp yesterday, specialy for those of you who collect vinyl. I thought this was the good news "The band aim to release a new record in the latter stages of 2013".

It’s been three years since Philadelphia’s psych surgeons Bardo Pond gave us something new – not that we need anything new necessarily, because their back catalogue is pretty exemplary. I’ve always thought the five-piece has been one of the most underrated bands of its ilk in the past decade. Fire Records can only bolster that claim, by lovingly reissuing 2006’s Ticket Crystals in a LP-only edition. Double vinyl and adorned with Joy Feasley’s new artwork, the album typifies the calculated yet fluid doom template that unrelentingly drives their sound, yet also showcased the pastel undercarriage that lightens the load enough for it to become immensely immersive rather than bludgeoning.

I realise this is a Sunday, but seeing as this is a stellar reissue I thought I’d give a special edition of “Friday Cover Up” to include the cover of the Beatles’ ‘Cry Baby Cry.’ Originally recorded for and broadcast by the BBC as part of their commemorations of the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death, it exemplifies the whole point I crafted the Cover Up segment in the first place. Taking great music and imbuing it with their own personality to craft a unique vision, this is Lennon in an iron lung filled with cryogenic fluid and absinthe.

And here is another Ticket Crystals classic…

Pre-order Ticket Crystals here. The band aim to release a new record in the latter stages of 2013, whilst also planning to release an exclusive 12” covers record for Record Store Day, so we haven’t heard the last of this stellar band. From; Fire Records
Links; Bardo Pond Bardo Pond @ MySpace Fire Records